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DEBAfE ON TARIFF
Discussion of the New Measure Opens in
House of Eopresentativos.
GREAT INTEREST IN THE PROCEEDINGS
Largo Attendance of Members , and Gal
leries Filled with Spectators.
READING OF BILL CONSUMES T\VO \ HOURS
Ohairmin Dingloy Opens the Debate on the
Eopublican Side.
ABLE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE MEASURE
Careful Itctlunof the Document
UUcu liy the .11 an from Maine
\\licoIiT Spi-nlcx fur the
I Minority.
WASHINGTON , March 22. What will go
down to hletory as the tariff debate of 1897
began In the house at 10 o'clock thh morn
ing. Despite the early hour of assembling
there was a large attendance on the floor
and the galleries showed evidence of the
great Interest manifested In the proceedings.
Mr. Dlngloy and Mr. llallcy , the opposing
Icadeis , wire early In their placM. By the
terms of the rule under which the bouse
was to operate during the consideration of
the bill the house Immediately resolved itaolf
Into the committee of the whole and the
speaker conferred upon Mr. Sherman , re
publican of New York , the distinguished
honor of presiding over the committee
These who expected the debate to begin im
mediately were disappointed. The leaders
decided not to dispense with the reading of
the bill , but to ha\o it read In full at the
outset In order to disarm the criticism
passed on previous bllla that they wcro put
through without even ha\lng been read In
the house. Tlio spectators , In the galleries
and the mcmLcrs on the floor walled while
the clerk dronsd through the 103 pages of
the bill. , . . . . .
The reading of the bill consumed a lltllo
over two houis , M > It was 12:30 : before the
leader of the majority , Mr. Dlngiey , was
iccognlzcd to open the debate. Mr. Dingle ) s
volco Is not very strong and he usually has
Bomo difficulty in making himself heard , butte
to lay bo spoke with great deliberation and
his tones were clear and ringing.
PRESENTS TARIFF HILL.
Mr. Dlngloy began by stating that con
gress , ha\ltig been convened In extra cs-
sion , the factu that had led to the issuance
of the president's message were : That the
government revenue during the past four
years had been Insufficient to meet ex
penditures to the extent of more than $200-
000 UOO , or an average of $30,000,000 per
annum ; thai , this deficient : } will continue to
grow under existing conditions ; that the
ileflctcno has been met by borrowing , that
is by bond sake , and that this has promoted
distrust , Intcrsified and prolonged the run
on the treasury and weakened business con
fidence. This deficiency of revenue , s > ald Mr.
Dingley , has nearly all arisen from a falling
off of revenue from duties on Imports and
not from a decline of revenue fiom Internal
taxes. In revising the tariff , bo sold , Ibe
committee has endeavored to discard mere
theories and has addressed Itself to the
framing ot a practical remedy , at least in
patt. for the ills which have for so manv
months overshadowed the country.
It is a condition and uot a theoiy which
confionts us. Our problem Is to provide
adequate revcuuu from duties on Imports to
carry on the govcinment , and In Imposing
duties to secure this iciult so to adjust them
as to secure to our 01,11 people the production
and manufacture of such uitlclcb as wo can
produce or make for ouit > elves without natu
ral disadvantage , and thus piovlde uioro
abundant oppmtuully for oui labor. No
economic policy will prove a success unless
It shill In some manner contilbuto to cyan-
Ing up emplojmnnt to the masses of our
people at good wages. AVhcn this Is ac
complished , and thus the purchasing power
of Iho masses icstored , then and not until
then will prices cease to feel the depressing
effect "of under consumption , and the pios-
peilty of our people ilso to the standaid of
IS92.
TUITION COMES HIGH.
The past four } ears have been enlighten
ing , especlall ) to candid investigators of
economic problems. We have been attend
ing u kindergarten on a large scale. The
tuition has come high , but no people ever
learned BO much In so brief a time. Here
after theories , preached In however captivat
ing language , will have to give way to the
teachings of experience. It has been the
favoillo assumption ot some theorists that
revenue and protection In the same tariff
schedule are Impossible ; but wo have had
In the past seven yeara contrasted thu
piotectcd wools and woolens schedule of the
tariff ot 1S90. a most striking demonstration
otherwise.
Mr. Dlngloy then gave some statistics
relative to the Importations and tariff on
woolei.s , and said that by placing wool on
the free list the treasury lost $21,000,000
revenue and the fanners $ .10,003,000 i r
) car , and that thin country had not been
able to increase Its exports of manufactured
wool. It had been asserted ho went on ,
that tl-o price of clothing had l > ° un reJuced ,
but thta was only In appearance , becaURii
people had been deprived of work and wages
nud found It harder to buy clothing than bo-
foif. 'Iho now schedule would aid the wool
grower , Increase manufactures and ulti
mately Increase- the revenue.
Speaking of the sugar schedule , Mr. Dlng
loy said U would Increase the revenue and
encourage sugar production In this country.
The biigar rchedule la covered In the follow
ing statement : "The duty on sugar pro
posed Is specific , according to polarlscopo
test of thu degieo of saccharine matter , com-
jucnclng at 1 per cent per pound , for kitgar
polarizing not more than 75 degrees , and
Increasing the dut > to 3-100 of 1 per cent
for each additional degree. This would
make the duty OM raw sugir 194 cents ; to
this Is added one-eighth of 1 cent
for such sugar above No , 16 Dutch standard
In color ( refined xugar ) making the dut >
1.875 This eighth , with whatmei may bt
added by the countervailing dut ) on all sugar
Imported from export baunt ) countries , is the
protection which it Is believed will maintain
the refining IndiiHtiy here , notwithstanding
the present differential of oiio-elghth and a
40 per cent all round duty In tlio rate that Is
proposed. ThLi will be the only differential
between raw und refined biigar , bc caus > u If
thu refiner uses sugar of lisa tmccharlne
strength , than 100 , ns he must , It lequlics
proportionate ! ) more of tuicli sugar to make
a pound of refined tugar. "
OTHER INCREASES.
c
Continuing , Mr. Dlnclcy cald the duty on
flax nnd hemp wuh nude both In the Intercut
of revenue and because there was a great
promise of home production , At to other
increases of duties In the bill to McKlnlej
rates , Mr. Dlngley ald ; "Per tlio most part
otherwise the Increase of duties In tlie pend
ing bill to the figures of the tariff c ; IS90
have bcin In tlio PclicduUa or paragraphs
covering luxurlm like tobacco , llquorx bilks ,
laces , etc. , which , being articled uf voluntnr )
conuumptlcm , are aluujh regarded as objects
which will bear the highest dutlfk The fx
ceptlons are the eaitbcnwaro und glacs
schedule- and ( lie agricultural schedule , on
which the duties liive luen placed the eamr
us In the art of IS'Ui , because no other rate '
uctmed to be protective"
Mr Dlncloy then briefly touched upon souif
schedules which had not been material ! *
( rom tlio present law , These In
eluded Iron and steel and cotton , "In All
other echcdulcp , " continued Mr , Dlngley , "tho
rates proposed In the pending bill are be
tween the rates of the tariff of 1890 and
the present law. There have been trans
ferred from the free list of the tariff of
1894 to the dutiable list of the proposed
bill not only wool , lumber , salt , burlaps ,
bags , cotton bagging and cotton ties , which
never should have been made non-dutiable ,
but also argots , crude , opium , asphalt , paintIngs -
Ings and statuary , except when Imported for
free exhibition by an established Institution ;
straw ornaments , etc. , which under existing
conditions ought to contrlmite Fomethlng to
ward the much needed ntldltlon.il revenue.
So far as possible Iho aim ban been to avoid
exclusively ad valorem duties on articles
which have been notorious ! ) undervalued and
thus failed to pay the duties Intended a
loss of revenue which has been more sarlous
than ever under the present tariff. In.vhlch ,
outside or the metal and cotton cchecltit * si-
most exclusively ad valorem ratea prevail.
The better clai-s ot Importers have united
with manufacturers and adtnlnlstcrcrs ot the
law tn asking for this , "
Mr. Dlngley next discussed at some length
the ad valorem and specific systems and pre
sented flgurcn showing how disadvantageously -
ously the ad valorem system worked.
ESTIMATES ON REVENUE.
Ho then presented the estimates as to the
lirobablo reveruo that would bo raised by
the bill , which were given In his report , with
the supplemental statement that the EeconJ
) car the bill would ) leld $100,000,000 of In
creased revenue.
In closing Mr. Dlngley said ; "It must be
obvious from any point of view that prompt
action by the two houses of congress Is In
dispensable to secure the revenue which the
pending bill Is Intended to yield. The ex
igency is an unusual one. The people , with
out regard to party anillatlnns , are asking
for action Business awaits our final de
cision. With this greit question of adeqmte
rovcnuo to carry on the government settled
favorably by such an adjustment of duties
as will restore to our own people whit has
been surrendered to otheis during the past
four years , with icstorc-.l confidence In the
future , there IB reason to bellove that gradu
ally and surclv thcio will come back to us
the great prosperity which wo cnjocd In the
decade yrlor to 1S9J , and which the greatest
of living English statisticians so strikingly
eulogized when ho sild In 1892 that "it would
be Impossible to nnd In history any parallel
to the progress of the United States in ( then )
the last ten years "
The first applause came when Mr. Dlngley
tefcircd to the purpose of the bill to "en-
coutago the stricken Industilei. of the coun
try , " and was continued at Intervals through
several minutes. The members crowded up
the alslcw and stood there when he finished ,
at the end of un hour The republicans ap
plauded for fully a minute , the galleries JoinIng -
Ing in the demonstration.
WHRELER REPLIES.
The old cavalry leadei of the confederates
opened for the exposition. Mi. Wheeler be
gan with the statement that the bill had bean
secretly prepared by the eleven republic in
members on the committee on was and
means and framed almost In the language of
the petitions presented by piotected InteiestB
Since the star chambei measure came
to light on last Monday he said , the con
servative press of the countiy had dei
nounced It In unmeasured terms The bill
increased the duty on many articles far
above the McKlnley rates , and In some In
stances exceeded the McKlnley rates by from
50 to 100 per cent. Nearlv every paragraph
was changed from the ad valorem rates
under the Wllhon bill to cither the specific
or compound rates , the effect of which was
to Increabo enormously the duty upon
cheaper articles that arc purchased by thoae
who work , and lessen the tariff upon the ex
pensive articles that are pin chased only by
the rich. _
By transfciring an enormous quantity of
wool from class 3 to class 1 , the duty on
raw wools was increased for beyond any
bill ever piescnted to an American congrets
Woola that paid 32 per cent under the Mc-
Klnloy bill would not. ho said , pay an equiva
lent ad valorem of between 200 and 300
per cent , and possibly more. The
duty on corduioys used by the poor
wan Increased lo about 123 per cent , abso
lutely piohlbltory. The bill restored the
duty on burlaps made from Jute , used for
bagqlug , grain and fertilizers , while the
pnly burlap of this description made In this
country was made in pilsons Carpets of
Jute , purchased by the poor , had been raised ,
lie said , to an equivalent of 150 yer cent ,
whllo those used by the rich were tac-d 55
[ jer cent The tax upon waterproof cloth
liad , ho continued , been Incieated from the
McKlnley rate of 40 per cent to about 120
jer cent.
The reciprocal clauep in the tariff bill
never could become operative ; ths proposi
tion never could bo accepted by any govern
ment. Under the Wilson bill oui excess of
expoits over Impoits fai exceeded
those enjoyed by our country under the Mc
Klnley law. Wo are now shipping Iron ties
all over the world , nnd Alabama vvaa ship
ilng enormous quantltl ° 3 of pig lion to Eng
and and other European ports. The pro
clamatlon of the president admitted that oui
receipts last jear were onlv $25.000.000 leas
ban our expenditure and that the reports of
the treasury now showed that our receipts
exceeded our expenditures , and ) et. In the
face of these facts , the republican majority
sought to pa. s a bill which they said would
Increase taxsu $111,000,000.
REPUBLICAN RETORT. .
Mr. Wheeler was followed by Mr Hop
kins , republican of Illinois , who announced
that the mission of the republican party ,
again plaa d In par.or , was to icstore pros
perity and irlve emplovment to labor. The
tariff bill prepared for that purpose , ho said ,
would meet allko the wants of the govern
ment and tlio people. Ho said that until
ho had listened to Mr Whcelei's remarks
ho did not believe any deniooi.it still clung
to the old , decajcd and repudiated doctrine
of free trade. But ho was now convinced a
a genuine bouibnn democrat seldom forgot
any en or ho hid Icaincd and never learned
an ) thing now Ho paralleled the prosperlt )
the country onjoetl under the McKlnley
law w Ith the distress produced by the Wil
son law Under the McKlnley law eleven
stars , he said , were added to the flag
"What party provided the teirltoiy out of
which lho e eleven sidles were carved ? "
asked Mr Wheeler ( Dwmocratlc applause )
"Tho democratic part ) " replied Mr. Hop-
kli.s , "the same party wlijch tried to take
eleven stara from the flag " ( Applause )
Later , whllo Mr , Hopkins was contending
that there was not an enforced Idle man In
the country under the McKlnley law , Mr
Wheeler asked him w bother Coxcy's array
Invaded Washington um'er the McKinley or
Wilson law.
"After ths advent of the democrats to
power , " responded Mr. Hopkins. "After the
MeKlnloy law bad besn paral ) .cd by the
threat of free trade "
"But If there was such wonderful pros a
perity and all labor wai. at nolle , how were
the republicans so unmercifully defeated In
1S92J" queried Mi McGulro. democrat of
California ,
"By the false pretentious of ( ho democratic
part ) , ' retorted the Illlnolo member , amid
the applause ot his side.
Not a single Induntrv ho declined , had
prospered under the present tarlfl law , un p
less the "t < oup bmifces" cttablUhcd during
the puule of 1M > 1 rould be called an Industry "
Ho gave the figures to show hpw railroad ,
manufacturing nnd fanning Interests had
suffrre' ' 'Ihe value of | lvc' ' stock for In-
Htancn , ho assiitcd , had dtcreesel through
out the late democratic administration at the
ratio of half a million dollars a da ) 1ho
chief glory of the hill he predicted would
provo to bt < Its iodpioclt ) features The
roclproclt } eehomo of the aet of 1890 bad
been I roadencd fo r to meet commercial
conditions In Prnnu Geinuny Belgium and
olliei Kuiopcan countries g
Mr Korr. republican of Ohio after point- fl
Ing out Unit In consideration of the free
entry of mgur Cuba n.iJu' the leciproclty
provision of tlio MrKlnlcv law. reduced the
tariff en out tlorr from $4 01 10 SS cents
per ban el , asUed It any such concruslon
could be hoped for from n reduction of (
per cent In the sugir duty.
Mr Hopkins repllel that uuch waa the a
Judgment nf thine most familiar with coin-
men Ul conJIilDiix , but If nut , the United
'latch could fr di > with bpain on the la ; ! *
aic'Dl. ' 8nJ wines In conrlutlon , Mr In '
Hopkins pieh' ) ' e'l that an era nf prosperity
b
( Continued on Fifth Page. )
SHUT I \ UP IN A MADHOUSE
Unpleasant Experience of the Termer Ohcss
Champion , Stoinitz ,
IN'CARCLRATED IN AN INSANE ASYLUM
C nIInc < 1 wltli ii Iul of Cra > People
In a Private liiNtltntlon In
Mix
( Op > rlplit. IW , by Prcm I'liMlrtilng Compiny. )
VIENNA , March 22. ( New York World Ca-
blcgiftin Special Telegram. ) Herr Stclnltz
the former chess champion , spsnt only .i day
and two nights In Vienna after his return
from Russia , where he hea been In an Insane
nsvltini. I saw him at his friend's house In
Pobllng Satuiday morning. Ho woa quite
icslcd fiom the fatigue of a forty-eight hour
Jouiney from Moscow , but the exclumsnt
which had been token for madne-ss in Russia
had left him. He talked willingly and In-
ccrsantly , putting liU case so clearly that
few doubta could arlao that he Is perfect ! )
sound of mini , and only very much over
wrought and excited. As long as I was alone
with him , he telling his story , unconsciously
led on by my questions , even his excite
ment did not strike mo as very great ; but
when his friend and host , the doctor , came
home he was very sslt-assertlng , and the
doctor was cateful not to contradict him , and
wcafeo anxious lo my he was right In every
thing , though , as a fact , he was wrong , that
I saw he was under trcalment even then
and that In the medlc-U mind it would take
very little to oveiturn the balance of his
mind
Stclnltz is firmly icsolvcd to loJge a com-
nlalnt I with the government at Washington ,
first I against the United States consul In
Moscow , Mr. DIolhardt , for having caused
his removal lo u lunatic asjlum. nnd also
against the Russian government for hav Ing
detain * * ! horn there agalriat hli will and pro-
venling his friends from seeing him and giv
ing him their help and advice Stoinitz was
not able to give a connected , logical account
of his. pxperlcnces , but when he was bursting
with Indignation ho told ev r > thing he bad
at heart and answered all questions fully.
Stelnltr lias a strange , expressive face
with bright ejcs. out of which Iho trull
shines like ntarllght. Ho is an. ugly little
man , almost a dwarf , and is lame In his
rl ht leg. His red beard and brown , rather
thin hair , show no signs of age , though he
is 61 ) cars old. Ills face Is deformed by a
nose which has been operated upon , but Ita
shape is not repulsive , only very small , like
a llttlo bo'e saucy , turned-up nose. He
sinoltes Incessantly.
He admits fully that after hiving lost his
Moscow match with Lasher , he was very
much i depressed and frightfully excl'ed. He
had 1 his head full of plans at thn time , but
somehow he could not give his mind to
them.
DISCIPLE OF KNEIPP.
Stelnltz Is an ardent disciple of Knelip
and he carries out Knelpp's proscriptions to
the letter. This trealmcnt , he says , lias
alwas cured him , for he alwajs bal at-
lacks like that In Moscow , after every match ,
wbother It was fought successfully or un
successfully. This time , be admits , his ex
citement vas greater than It had ever been
before , and he got the notion that he could
make an Irnyortant invention if he would but
try. Ho thought he could succeed 'n ' tele
phoning without any apiuia'.us by mere
force of will , and EO stood In the middle of
a room and talked and sang loudly with
the wl ° li that such and such peisoiu tliould
hear him ; and by degrees ho lmagin"d that
he got ancwers , that those lie uldrmi.'cl sang
the chorus to his songs
It was decided to take him to a Hospital
for the Insane founded by a wealthy Moscow
citizen , named Morolsow , where the doctorr
would know what to do with him Stclnltz
protested violently , but he saw that the more
loudly ho spoke , and the more vehemently ho
gesticulated , , the miore the doctors were con
vlneed of his Insanity ; so ho consented to
stay on the promise of the consul to return In
twodajs and take him out.
Ho was tnkcn Into a long ward where n
number of restless , mad men walked and
shouted and behaved grotesquely , and the
Impres'loT upon his overwrought mind was
so terrible that he began to feel that he
could no longer master his thoughts He
believe ) that IIP was delirious during a little
more than a day and night. The windows
of the ward were opaque and could
not be opened. Ho had been lodged
In I a room with two mad men
The air was stifling and at night an
opening In the door admitted a brilliant
stioam of electric light on his bed , v.hlch
prevented sleep This made him so furious
that ho got up and put his hand through the
opening , hoping to find a small shutter which
ho had noticed on the outside , but the war
den saw him and pounded at his hand until
ho withdrew it and then , reaching through
the aperture , gave Stclnltz several heavy
blows.In . the face and on the head. This ,
however , was the only act of violence he
suffered during his four weeks' stay.
TOOK HIM FOR A NOBODY.
Tor five das the medical authorities took
him for1 a poor nobody who , In his madness ,
was trying to make them believe that he
was Stelnltz , the chess champion. But at
last Consul Blelhardt must have confirmed
this , for he wcs admitted to a separate room
with polite treatment at his own expense
Of course , every day when the professor with
train of medical students , all wearing uni
forms , walked through the wards , Stelnltz
raised his complaint. He cmld ho did not
wont to stay In the hospital As he was a
citizen of the United States , he had money ,
they might otserve and watch him as much
as they lilted , but they mutt let him return
to his lodgings and bo nursed there
Not n day pasbed but he protested ve
hemently against his detention The doctors
gave him books to read , English and Ger
man. Ho began to like the food , which was
vegetarian , on the Tolstoi principle , and It
agreed with him. Plctuira were bung on
Ills walls but these proved an attraction to
madmen wandering about , for the door
was open alwajs and was fastened HO that ho
could not clCBO It. Once he awoke with a
start to find a madman sitting on bis bed
klbslng his feet. Another time a madman
would walk In , howl dismally and walk
away. Stelnlu says ho is very fond of hav
ing women about and he missed them dread
fully , but when lie hadi his room to himself
German lady , Fran Ueckman , an amateur
nurse , often came to see him und her conver
sation was a great comfort
The doctors and the ) students advised him
to change Into the department of quiet In-
sine , but ho liked his room and was afraid
of having to teach a fresh batcli of wardcm
to understand his wants , and then , vhatever as
might bo said of restless madmen , they wcro
jollier crowd than the dismal hypochon $
driacs whom IIP pictured when ho heard of $
"quiet madmen " Whenever Stelnltz clamored
with the doctors and the professor for his >
rclraso 1io was told tint It was not In the
power of the hospital authorities to free him ,
that the United States vonsul had bi ought U
him there and only lie. could take him away.
Consul nielhardt came to see him only once
In all that month and then , when appealed to ,
ho told Stelnltz that the matter was no
longer-In bis hands , but In those of Iho Ilfis-
olan government , which had appointed the of
doctors , who must declue whether ho was
sane er not Ho must give them time to
find out the truth.
SET FRED AT LAST. (
Stelnltz does not know what arguments
ultimately prevailed with the Moicow doc- In
tore1 , but they told him one- morning that
ho wat free to go when and whore ho liked.
Stelnltz'u landlady said she never for
moment believed In his madness.
The friends from the doctors' club were
very sjmpaUietlc , Thoj said the ) had made
many attempts to see him and to Interfere
hLi behalf , but that they were alwayi of
baffled Consul Dlelhardt also put In , and
before banding Stelnltz his documents and
money , which bo had taken care of , ebowed
him ft little bill ot expenses 20 roubles
for himself. "Kor hla trouble , " as ha put
It , nnd nmall sums' to truaispcoplc. So ,
Stelnltz nays , he had to pay the consul for
getting him locked up ami detained against
hli will. It took SteiilftK tour < la > a to settle
his affairs satisfactorily , nail th n he left
the city. He had beep taken to the hospital
ot Moscow on February 9 , and he left on
March 12. On March 1C ho started for
Vienna , where lie arrived on the 18th ,
Stclnltz's friends v ant him to r at com
pletely but he will not heir of It. He Is
anxious to work , nmT he hopes tc be en
gaged for a match soon and prove how
wrong the Moscow doctors were.
UALLARD SMITH.
_
M'KIM.nY I > I.lAMl < * CASI'IOII\H
IIIx Imiimnrnl In \\rll It < < UIM ! li > ( lie
Spanlili Slalcnnian.
( CepjrlRht , H3T , by ITrrj I'uMl.hlnj Company. )
MADRID , March 22. ( New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram. ) Interna
tional arbitration , c advocated In America ,
Scnor Castellar praises In eloquent terms In
an article In today's losue of El Liberal. He
pronounces It the natural outgrowth of the
Christian policy of the United States the
noblest outgrowth of the two elements , ono
purely cl sslc , the other purely Christian ,
that have developed democracy. Scnor Cas
tellar thinks that the clarslc Influences of
Homo nnd Glcece have not Jilnjcd a greater
part In the advent of republicanism thin
have the Christian principles embodied In
the teachings , acto , principles and tendcnclco
of Catholicism nnd Protestantism.
He rails the piomlso of nrbltiatlon In
Picsldent McKlnlcy's- Inaugural address "an
nnalhima upon war uttered from the Ameri
can capltol , nnd regards arbitration lt clt as
"tlie gieatcst of events at the close of the
century , destined to work out peace and
universal liberty. "
iienor Castellar pronounces President Mc-
Klnle's inaugural address a great effort In
behalf of peace and liberty. Ho praises It
not only for what he sayu , but for what Ita
silence Iniplle' . He oars that , considering
his antecedents and surroundings , Mr Mc-
Klnley's utteranccn are Just what ought to
have been expected from n man best repre
senting "the glorious legion of conservative
icpubllcans in a society where the Puritan
clement was the foundation cornerstone and
still Is the \cry marrow of the American
democrac ) . " '
Pcnor Castellar then contrasts the natural
development ot n countiy with the making
of war. All the ovll consequences of war , ho
says , nprlng from military empires , inon-
prchles nnd autocracies ! while from the
democracy conic lepubllcan Institutions lead
Ing to pence arbltlntlon and industrial
progress , war being resorted to In self-de
fense.
Those who find fault with Mr. McKlnley's
silence on Cuba nre sharply rebuked b )
Senor Casitellar. who considers that silence Is
the principal merit ot the. address , because
mentioning Spain would have been a grave
affront , while- had Mr. McKlnley defended
Spain ouch patronizing would have been even
more offensive. Senor Castollar reasons that
the address indicates tint Mr. McKlnle )
wants no war with Spain , will observe strict
neutrality In Spanish altalrs , will res'st the
Jingoes and annexatlonlsls , and will enforce
neutrality lastly , while olrcsa was laid on an
intention to protect the rights of Ameilcon
citizens , beciUEe -certainly will cease to
consider as citizens thone Cuban renegades
who seek American protection to Insure Im
munity for their mlsdsds. '
Scnor Cflstellar courteously dissents from
Mr. McKlnlcy's protectionist views and ad
vises him to reconsider and mitigate a policy
detrimental to the progress of democracy.
ARTHUR E. HOUOHTON.
y
TrooiiM.on the H lj | si1 > jgrf"Crctc Well
StllMllllMl TVltll ProXlHlOUN.
CONSTANTINOPLE ; > -tMarch 22. The
opinion prevails hero tllat ; the blockade of the
Island of Crete by the , ; ie > ts of the foreign
powers , which commences ) cstcrday , v.Ill
bs a useless proceeding , as Colonel Vasos. .
commander ot the Greek army of occupation ,
is well supplied with provisions. It Is no.v
thought that the best means to nccoropllHli
the withdrawal of the Greek tioops fiom
Crete would be tn withdraw the Turkish
trociis
'Edhem Pasha , the Turkish commander In
Macedonia , his tclcgi apheJ the minister of
war not to send any further reinforcements
ot troops , on account , of the scarcity of pro
visions The commander of the Turkish
squadron. Just made , ready for Eea , has re
ceived sealed orders , but , it is not believed
the war ships will leave Galllpoli.
The Turks at Tokat ) eslerday attacked the
Armenians whllo the latl/or weie In church.
Plfteen were killed and It Is feared that this
outbreak marks a renewal ot the massacre-
of Armenians. '
ItfxiillH of Ilnllnii nirotloiix.
ROME , March 22 Tlie results of the elec
tions held yesterday , so far as known , show
that 2U7 ministerial , seventy members ot
the constitutional opposition , seventeen rad
icals and sixteen socialists have been retired
Slgnor Imbrlana , the socialist leader , was re-
'
elected. '
" \\VjIi-r Stnrtw for tin * IVont.
HAVANA , March 22 , Although he hsb
not } ct recovered his health , Captain Gcii'
oral Weyler cmbirked late last night on
board the Spanish cruiser LcGa/pl bound
for Cardenas , province of Matan/as.
1IISMM7 SCHOOL rUMl \HHINT. .
I'rcHlilcnl of Ilif Cliriiilrnl Niitlniuil
i\lilaliiN Hun l ( WIIN Nfffollntfil.
NEW YORK. March 22. In reference to
the temporary disappearance of thc warrant
for f 200,000 appropriated by the 'state of Ne
braska to reimburse the school fund for
money lost in the collapse of the Capital
National bank at Lincoln. Neb . President
Williams of the Chemical National bank
which negotiated the warrant , said today
"Wo bought the warrant front the Omaha
National bank In the si"Ing of ISOi , and
everything wcs quite regular It was later
pjld to us through the tame bank The
transaction was simple and perfectly icgular
The Omaha National bank received the war
rant In proper course from the state treas
urer , and that Is all wo fcnow about It. "
Ilrjnii null 7lM"Hool.- .
LINCOLN , March 22. W. J. Bryan will
give one-half the rpyaltlcs received from the
eale of his book , "The Hfst Battle , " to the
cause of blmetalllfin , olid has appointed a
committee , whose , duty It will be to properly
expend the funds reserv * j Jor that purpose.
The committee/ comn.cjs , a ofSenator
James J < Jones qf-Arka iias. : Senator II M
Teller of Colorado ! fienatur W. V. Allen of
Nobiaska , and A. J , Warner , piusldent of the
National Bimetallic unori. [
In answer to a. communication from his
publishers , Meesra. W. J ConUcy & Co. ,
Chicago , stating ( hot SIC.OOO vvai duo him
royalty pn the flrat month's sales , Mr.
BY ) an at once Instructed fhem to forward
$4,500 to Mr. Jones ; Jl.B O 4o Mr. Warner ;
$1.500 to Mr. Allen , nnd { 500 to Mr , Teller ,
and certified checks for these amounts wore
ent today. Mr. Jones U to spend his portion
tion lu promoting thecausa of bimetallism
through the democratic party ; Mr , Warner
to disburse the money received by him
through the channels sfforded Ky the National
Bimetallic union ; Mr , Teller will expend hit
portion for the bimetallic cause through the *
silver republicans/ add Mr. Allen will em
ploy his poitlon Iq advancing the Interests
bimetallism through the pcnulUt part ) .
PrlrnilH C/onnrrutiilnti * Him.
PAWNEE ( VTY Nib. ( . March 22.
Special. ) The many friends of J. M Butler ,
of
chief clerk railway mail tervlcu at Lincoln ,
this city , are glad to hear of him being
elected president of the postal clerk's con
vention In San Pranclsco , This was former ! )
ils home. r '
AVIll lliilNt * SK-I' | > for ( lie MarKH.
PONCA , Neb. , .March 22 ( Special ) W S
Hadley , a prominent itockman and capitalist
Marshall county , Iowa , has bought and
taken pouuc-stlon of the Horsey Diamond
Horse farm near thU city und will engage
extensively In sheep raising. In
MANY KILLED BY A TORNADO
Wind Blowa Down a fchool Building nt
Arlington ! Go.
EIGHT CH10REN ARE CRUSHED TO DEATI
Dot iiNtntlmi Wrought lij- n ronrfii
Sturm Ilirutifflt SIM oral
I"iliull > of riDemi In lliMiry
Count ) , Alaliiitna.
OULUANS , March 22. The Times
Democrat's Uufala , Ala. , special sas : This
city was swept by a tornado this morning
In which death and disaster pl.ivcd a dread
ful pirt. Hourly tlio record bscomes more
appalling. Tor several < la > s there had been
summer mildness all through southwcs
Georgia and southeast Alabama and the
couutrj trlhutaiy to the Chattahoochce river ,
YcstPrday the thermometer went up to
SO and the air was as oppressive as ever
felt during the June solstice. With the com.
InK of night the skies were beclouded , am
rain begin to fall about midnight Toward
moinlng the leaden skies and Increasing
wind told of a storm , which soon arrived
with terrific and wrenching force. When
the storm struck , shutters , roofs , etc. , gave
wav , and for two hours there was terror
and desolation , when the tornado passed off
to the northwest , coursing along the Chat-
tahoochec valley.
JUpoitu soon began to come In telling of
tcnlblo devastation The town of Ulakcly
In Gcoigla.mi almost lifted out of exist
ence , and people seeking refuge Indoors were
ca IJadly knocked around by clacking and
f.illliu ; timbers as were those on the outside ,
who were unable to dodge fence rails and
fllnc inUsllcs
CHUSHHS THE CHILDREN.
The moat shocking story of all , however ,
was that which came from Aillngton , Cnl-
lioun county , Ga It was about S o'clock
when the pupils cf the Arlington ncndemy
began 'o assemble , aud there wcie about
fifty piesent when I'rof. Covlngton , noticing
the stcim , called them In for shelter. On
and 0:1 : came thcstorm , with a roaring sound ,
Incuaslng until It lifted two cabins across
the way into midair , crushing them Into
splinters The sight of this BO frightened
the children that they clung plteously to
Prof. Walker and Prof. Covlngton , who
vainly tried to quiet them. A crackling nolec
was heard , and the euuttcis and swinging
dcors were wrenched from their hinges
Then came a twisting and a caieenlng , anil
the notth partition gave way , falling with
deadly effect on n gioup of children , who
were rlinglng to the professors. The doors
and v\lndo\.s gone , the storm shrieked
through the rocking building , and the little
ones thrown to the floor wcre-ciushed under
living and falling debits The cries of the
wounded , the groans of the dying , are de-
osilbed as having been heartiending The
people of the town , reg.irdless of the wreck'
ago of their own homes , ran to the school
where they knew their children were , only
to find many of them dead , others wounded
and pinioned beneath tiio debris. Prof.
Walker had his aims and legs broken and
can nut live thiougb the night. Among the
dead are :
OLL1E PARRAMOHE.
CLAUDE R011ERTS.
ALICE PUTNAM.
ALBERT DUTLER.
WILLIE M'MURRAY.
MAUD JOHNSON.
MARY WELLONS.
The wounded are :
Ernest Wcllons , leg broken.
Dudley Klllcbrcw. both legs biokcn.
Prof. W. A. Covlngton , Internal Injuries ;
will die.
Alton Carter , leg broken.
Esther Carter , internal injuries ; will die
IJcn McMunay , head crushed ; will dip.
Ilettlc Parramore , aim broken and hurt lu-
tcinallv.
Robeit Chllders , shoulder dislocated.
Simon Saundera , hurt Internally ; will die
George RHey , arm broken and hurt Intel-
nally.
Clara ThiRcn , arms bioken and hurt In
ternal ! ) , will die.
RAIN FOLLOWS THE WIND
The scenes around the building were most
heartrending. The rain bewail to pour In tor-
lenis EH soon .ib the wind passed off and hun
dreds of people were drinchcd to the skin
while clearing away the wreck
Al ng the banl s of the river up from Ap-
alacljlcola there lo but one otory of death
and destruction The storm came from the
Gulf of Mexico and , entering the ApaUchi-
cola valley , traversed lt confluent streams
to thetr bource The ApaUchlcola Is formed
by the conjunction of the Chattahoochee and
the Flint , the first of which up to this point
foims the boundary line between Georgia and
Alabama and the second diverges north
easterly into the heart of Georgia It was
In Iho tongue of the territory within their
clrcumfcienco that the strength of the storm
wia spent aud mott of 'It Is not accessible
to ti legraphlc communication and details arc
hard to obtain.
Prom Henry county , Alabama , around Ab-
bcyvlllo , there come storlea of death and
wreck , but no names have been received
A family of five were reported killed near
a
A second disaster , that of floods. Is upon
the country. The rivers and creeks ore
swelling , and on both sides of the Chatta-
hoochec , south of this place , the fields are
overflowed , destrovlng all the winter's work ,
carrying away outhouses and tablns and
floating off stock Late tonight news comes
In of the drowning of a family of eight per
sons on the Alabama side of the river In
Henry county , nichard Manson , with his
wlfo and six chlldien , lived in a cabin on
the river bank at tlio crossing of the Cen
tral railroad from Columbia. Ihe water
rushed In , surioundlng the cabin , and all
were lost.
ion is Goitiii ) iA > AititfAV IIIM > .
Warm \\VatlM-r Aliuio VanUton AVIll
Cniihc n Hull ( Hrrllun.
YANKTON. S. D. , March 22 ( Special Tele.
giam. ) The Ice In the Missouri rivet Is still
guiged below this city. It Is in what Is
known as Haggln'n Hem ] , opposite St. He
lena , where the Ice gorged In 1SS1 , The of
bend It ) the narrow cbt in the river and ID
what la known asan elbow bend. On both
sldca are solid rock bluffs for the Ice to pile
up against. The Ice lt > reported us being out
at Springfield , thirty miles up the liver , but
tbero Is a gorge above and below that place
and as a result the river lowered ten Inches
here today. The Ice In the river Is vsry
firm , Fears are entertained here of warm of
weather telling In above. Should It do to
with the gorge In thlu particular bend a
gsneral overflow will bo the result. The
weather has turned colder hero ,
VEUMILLION , S. D. . March 22. ( Special
Telegram. ) The water In the Missouri haa
fallen two feet today , supposed to ho caused
by the Ice gorge at Yankton. The Vennllllon
river Is clear of Ice and people are moving
bac' < to thrlr Ii'-ntes nil the bottoms
I'ONCA. Neh. , March 22 , ( Special. ) With
the overflow of the Ao ay rl\er , the lower
half uf I'onca wee submerged on Friday
The bridge acrors ( lie Aoway wag only
saved by hard work. The Friday mall on Ibe
Omaha railroad did not arrive until Satur
day even Ing , There is a heavy washout
near I'onca , which the construction train ,
with a large fore ? . Is now repairing. A rise
three feet in Iho Mlsrourl liver at this
point on Saturday afternoon blurted Ihe Ice.
Nearly all the families living on the bottom
are moving to the upland , A general Inun
dation U feared , . ,
CHAMIJCItLAIN , S , D , March 22 ( Spo- *
clal Telegram , ) Trains are again running on
the Milwaukee line from Mitchell west to
Chamberlain , but owing to the unsafe con
dition of the track , no trains can be run at '
night. Cbuccci In the Urns card have been
made uccordlrgly. The cold weather lias
somewhat dclacd the breakup of the ice
the Missouri river at this nolnt. The Ice
became very weak from the warm vveathc
a few das Ago , but tins not ) et moved
During the past tow days the river rose
about five and a halt feet U fell about an
Inch today , but the fall Is probably only
temporary and was caused , no doubt , by
n gorge forming at some point up stream ,
SIOUX PALLS. IS. attUtirth 22. ( Special
Telegram. ) The tt\K \ Ky t 6 o'clock tO'
night has rlecn hlglBfcKiti since the flood
of ISyi , U fell } V ? ty six Inches , but
has risen fourteen yKff since this morning
Twelve bridges haJ Lfn swept away near
here. At West H Kvnlls the river Is r
mtlo wide The JHEhs there arc floodci'
to a depth of th Pgfet. An Immense Ice
gorge above Sld MlU hns caused some
alarm , but littlu BFaa jet gone out of the
river The Ice v above town moved 30 (
) ards tonight jKjf slovvlv coming toward
town Old dtiTwwbcllevo the danger hero
Is over , owing to The cold nights and slow
thawing during the da ) .
CANTON , S. D , March 22 ( Spechl Tele
gram ) Iho flood in the Sioux river Is fall
ing ' , after washing out many railroad bridges
The worst is over. It will be weeks before
regular trains are run.
DHCATUR , Neb. , March 22. ( Special. )
No eastern mail hna arrived heio since
Prlday. It Is Impossible to era's the river.
The water Is rising rapidly nnd In the last
twelve hours has risen over six feet. If the
liver continues to rise as fast as It has , Hot-
man's island will be covered with water.
There Is no outlet to thu Island now and the
Inhabitants are entirely cut oft from the
ninlulnnd. The river wtslied out their last
hope this morning , and the passageway the )
wc'iu using Is filled with monster cakes ot Ice
The people may find safety In boats , but
horses , cattle , hogs and household effects
cannot be saved The river Is higher than It
has been known for ) cars.
SIOUX CITY , March 22.-Special ( Tele
gram. ) All danger from high water Is past
here for the present. The rivers are clcai of
Ice and are going down. There are Ice
gorges up the Missouri river , but none
neaier than Vennllllon All the railroads
resumed business today out of Sioux Clt ) ,
except the Milwaukee , whose wcstein and
noitnern lines are badl ) crippled , owing to
IOES of several bridges and washing out of
several mllca of track
Dis MOINES , March 22 ( Special Tele
gram ) The DCS Molnes continued rising
steadily at this , point till today , when It
began to recede very slowly Prom points
firthcr up the river , reports come Indicating
that It began to lereJc last night This
morning hundreds of people were ready to
move from their homes , aud many of them
took their effects to places of safety The
levees along the lowland. . In several placen
gave way and the river spread over the
country. The watei late laat evening com
pelled the street railway company to abandon
the regular engines , having flooded the
power house , but another battciy ot boilers
had been fitted up and .1 smaller engine was
connected and protected from the advance
of the waters BO that the street car service
was not interfered with. The worst Is now
past , unless the weather becomes warm very
suddenly and starts the snow moving again
Prom Cherokee' , where the floods have been
v.orsc perhaps , than any place in thi state
comes woid that the water in the Little
Sioux is falling nnd the railroads have sent
out construction trains to repair the grades
and put In temporaiy bridges where the old
onea went out The lors of hay , grain aud
movable piopcrty was veiy largo.
\VATiil 1\V1IS AT MEMPHIS.
Railroad Situation nt Hint 1'olnt
Slion * Ilpclilfil Iiin ro finciit.
MEMPHIS , Tcun , March 22 Tlio river
continues to fall slowly at Memphis , the
gatigo tonight registering a fraction under
thirty-seven feet , a fall of about an Inch In
forty-eight hours , but-thedrclineot.theBrcat
volume ut water at thU point In due to the
breaks In the levee at CarutbeiBvIlle. Mq ,
and Sans Soucl , Ark. The railroad sltuatldn
tonight shows a decided Improvement. Of
ficials of the Illinois Central announce that
all trains on that road are again running
on time. The Yazoo & Mississippi Volley
road has also been reopened The Iron
Mountain remains above water on the west
side. Two negroes nro reported to have
been drowned today at Horn lake , a few
miles south of this clly.
It has been found necessary tonight to
telegraph the secretar ) of war asking foi
enough lents to accommodate 2,000 people.
ICK 1IOMIS Film i ) THE MMITII.
Itelle vN the Situation on the Loiter
MlMHUiirt Miitcrliill ) .
MINNEAPOLIS , March 22. Specials fiom
along the Missouri river say that the altua-
tlo nls much relieved and that there Is no
Immediate danger of. floods The Ice hav
broken above Vennllllon , S. D. , and Is run
nlng freely , whllo the cool nights have
checked the flow of snow water. The giounrt
Is absorbing much of them oUture and along
North Dakota points on the river. Its Ice
is solid for several days to come. The
Yellowstone and the largo affluents are yet
unbroken , so there Is little danger o
I'orgcs The snow in the entire northwest
could hardly go off better than It Is.
" ( Mil Mn iil > " 'Xfiirlj Stntlonnrj.
The river at this point last night was 10-
portcd almost stationary and during the last
twenty-four horns a rise of only two Inches
was reported. Though nearly bank full the
stream stands at present about thirteen feet
above high water mark. But little Ice
passed ' down ) cstcrday and what little did so
was In small floes. A rise ot about tbo same
amount was reported at the water workb
pumping station at Florence. No debris wau
been along the water front by watchers ) cs-
tcrdoy and what havoc the floods have caused
In the ncrth has not been In evidence at
this point yet The water works otflclals ex
pressed themselves as convinced that no
trouble will bo experienced at Omaha from
the Hoods and that as the river Is now en
tirely open as far north as Yankton what
additional flood of watetu comes down the
valley will pass through without gorging.
I'liri't * Drovvni'il li > the PlooilH.
MILWAUKEE , March S2 , A special from
Eau Claire faysA drowning accident , the
result of the recent floods In this vicinity ,
occurred last evening In Lewis valley , a few
miles from hero. Bernlmrd Koch , a farmer
living in tlio valley , hitched up his horses
and with his wife and the latter's little
brother , Jim , won of George Hermann , started
for Loon , Monroe county Two miles east
Danger they came acrota a rapid freshet
caused by rain and .melting snow On driv
Ing In the current the wagon was upset
and the occupants thrown Into the water
All were drowneJ The bodies have since
been recovered.
ICniiNiiH Cot criil ulth Snou- .
ATWOOD , Kan. , March 22. The prairies
western Kansas are covered with great
drifts of DHOW , w Well lisa been falling since
Saturday night. The roids In many places
are blockaded with drifted snow. The rail-
load cuts are filled with Immense drifts
and trains are delayed to some extent. The
snow will prove of great value to farmers ,
To I UK to hnie lliirranl'N Nrc-U ,
HAN FRANCISCO. March -George A
Knight has been added to Durrani's conn-
bel and IH now preparing u petition , aHk-
IIIB the supreme rourt for n rehearing ot
the application previously made and denied
for a new trial If thlH ( .ictltlon , which
will be submitted without argument , bn
denied the federal conns will bo uppcalcd
to. _ - . . _
IMnni'fi' ' * rrlrmlN In Control.
DETROIT. Mart-h 22 After u brief
fight In the republican elty convention
Ciiptuln Albert 13 Htewnri wan nominated
for mayor this afternoon , Captain Htewnrt
VVIIH Hcleetcd liy Governor Plngreu un Mr
PliiRrcc-'H suc-cc'BsoF. In the muyor'H otllc-e.
which VVIIH rendered vae.uit by a tiupreinc
court decision.
Mot finrnlN of Oi'ranVnnflx , March il-
At Liverpool Arrived -Ilhlnelnnd. from
'biludr-lpbla ; Australia , rruin New York
At .Muruelllea-Ballcd-ICbslu , for New
York ,
At New York Arrived Vecndum , from
totlerdum.
ANOTHER TAX EATER
Legislature Bent on Increasing the Stato'a
Public Expenses ,
WILL HAVE A NORMAL SCHOOL AT SCOTIA
Bill is Through tin Housa and Well Along
in the Senate.
APPROPRIATION FOR CLAIMS COMES NEXT
Many Thousands of Dollars Hang on the
Bill Now Ponding.
STATE DIPOSITORY LAW SEEMS DOOMZD
Plan for n i > utv lU'iult Vimll lit
the Caiilfol lltillitliiK 1N
l.lKt-lj (
n l.
LINCOLN. Maich 22.-Spcclnl. ( ) The roc-
oul of the present session ot tlio lcilsluttiro
for economy is likely to bo serious ! ) Im
paired by the determined cffoits being mmlo
to not only continue the sccomhry soldlora'
homo at Mllford but to cstnbllHh a now
slate Institution The pioposltlon to locate
n otato 1101 mil school at Scotia was thoi-
oiiRlily dlscutscd bj ths republican loglsla-
turo two jcais ngo niul nnally rejected. This
session the proposition IH again before the
laxv making body and It has been accepted
by the house. The bill to pro\ldo for the
ne\v state Institution at Scotia packed the
house and la being cinwdod with all haste
In the senate.
No one has stopped to Inquire the cost.
Ihe bill accepts certain tonn lots and build
ings In Scotia for a normal school and bluda
Itself to malrtaln the school. Mko the iol-
tllom' homo at Mllford , It la purely a specu
lative entcrjrUe. Two jcar ago the plea
was made on behalf of the Milfoid real cstato
agents that the expense would only be alight ,
as the buildings and gioundsoic already
prepared The state was onlj asked to np-
proprlite $8,000 to give the cnttrprlso a
start. The JS.uOO was soon spent. Now the
state IB asked to appropriate a largo sum of
money for expenses for the ensuing two
) eais , and In addition to this , the sum oC
$12,358 05 Is asked for to cover deficiencies
for the Dast two yeais
The Scotia proposition Is favorable on Its
face Hut two JCIIB and four joars and six
5 ears hence there will bt' requests for now
buildings , steam and electric light plants.
dormitories , etc. In ten years the appro
bations for the new institution will amount
to more ten times over than the Icglslatmo
has iaved by paring down salaries at the
present session.
CLAIMS IN THE HOUSE.
The coming week In the house will bo
largely devoted , to tlio consfdoiatlon of
claim. ) against the state treasury.- One of the
big claims bills has already been recom
mended foi passage , but there arc others.
The , largestofthe' bills has "been agreed to
by the houee. It covers twenty-ono pages
of printed matter , every line carrying an
appioprlatlon. The claims run up Into the
tens of thousands of dollars. They are too
numerous to bo Itemized , but they may bo
grouped as follows : For printing the con-
.tltuJlonal . amendments , a total of $24.903 62
was allowed bv the claims committee.
Thc.so aic legitimate claims and must bo
; iald under the law. Kor the tiansportatloa
of the National Guaid to and from the last
encampment , the talltoads aio awarded the
sum of ? 5,15G.7G. Extra Janitor scivlce at the
state hoiibc cornet. In for $580 15 , labor and
supplies for the caoltol $ JG. ! 03 ; labor and
supplies for fitting up the house of repre
sentatives , $243.76 ; mlacellaneoui , $ S28 07.
The .Soldiers' homo at Mllford has been
illowcd for deficiencies $1235803 The bill
also carries a large amount of deficiency
claims forolllcers' sei vices in taking juvcnllo
offenders to the Industrial schools at
Keainoy and Geneva.
Among the claims jet to puss upon , but
which are recommended by the claims com-
ulttco , arc the following For half pay duo
noinberrf of the Nebraska National Guard
or six days' service at the state cncanip-
nont. S1.32C 17 , State Journtl company , for
> rlntiug reports of Htate onicers , $9,005 63 ;
miscellaneous claims $241101 Among the
claims favored by the committee are the fol-
owing amounts "for amount expended In
excess of money received on contesto In
S90 and HOI. " John II , I'oweis , $187 15 ;
J. V. Wolfe , $400 ; W. P. Wright , $210 ; C.
M. May berry , $500
REPEALS DEPOSITORY LAW.
The ncnato has passed the bill to repeal
lie state depository law and the bill Is being
irged In the house. No bill yet passed by
ho senate has been more lamely diawn or
nero open to criticism. The bill not only
repeals the Htato depository law , but It pro-
ilblts tlio state treasurer from withdrawing
any money now on deposit In the banks
vhlch have given bond to the btato for a
period of nlno months. There are now on
Icpcslt In the depository banks nearly $750-
' 00. If the now law goes Into effect , Treas
urer Mcscrvo U cxprossly i entrained from
vlthdrawlni ; a cent of the amount until the
proposed \ault Is completed If the law Islet
lot passed , the state treasurer will withdraw
as much of the amount now held by the
depository banks and apply It to tlio ex-
Ingiil.hment of the outstanding general fund
varrnnt Indebtedness
Under the law the Hoard of I'ubllc Lands
and Dulldliigs must complete a burglar proof
ault In the state house within six months
rom the date of Us taking effect. As the
jlll was passed without the emergency
clause , the law , If eventually signed by the
governor , will not bo In effect until August
Hut the depository law will be repealed
ho moment the governor signs the bill. The
aw prohibits the treasurer from wlthdraw-
ng any fundb for six months , w > that bin
lands will bo tied for nlno months after the
aw is signed.
It Is freely predicted that the governor will
lot sign the bill , even If It passes the house ;
jut It Is being urged as a party measure
nd no one yet lisa any authority to say
\hat the governor will do , The bill was
rawn by Lieutenant Governor Harris. It
vas Introdiccd at hla request by Senator
JunduH of Nemaha county , nnd the amend-
nents added to the bill were prepared by
ho presiding ofllcer of the senate.
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Si-niitc Hi'Jei'lM All AiiiriiiliiiciitM iliui
ItCOI.IllIIK'llllK It flir I'llNHIIKf.
LINCOLN , Maich 22 ( Special. ) The son-
to commenced Its fifty-eighth day by taking
ip the anti-compact Insurance bill Intro-
luced early In ( lie session by Mr. Hullnr of
Vabhlngton county. The bill wan referred
o the committed on miscellaneous corpora-
Ions on Januaiy 12 The chairman of the
ommittto Mr Krltz cf Thurstoii , held the
illl back until a few dojs ago. Saturday
Is consideration was inailo a special order
or this afternoon. When the tunato met at
o'clock It Immcxllalel ) went Into commlt-
co of the wholeto toke up the bill , with
! r. Talbot of Lancaster In the chair.
Mr. Houell , the leader In the opposition
o the bill , objected to prcbent consldora-
ion of the bill , He rained the point of
order that the amendments inado by the
ommltteo on miscellaneous corporations
md not > el been returned fioin the printer.
ho chairman held the point of order not
veil liken saying that while It Is noces-
ary that amuudmnilii be printed before a
hill can b placed < m Its final passage , It U
uot necewiary that they bo printed before